My guest today is Lydia Denworth, a science writer and public speaker. contributing editor for Scientific American and she writes   the Brain Waves blog for Psychology Today. Her work has also appeared in The Atlantic, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Spectrum and many other publications and she is the author of 4 books.

Today, we get into her latest book, which is all about the science of Friendship and Lydia shares some fascinating insights into the physical and mental damage caused by lonliness, the importance of friendships throughout the life cycle and how to be a good friend.   

 Check out Lydia’s books, blogs and other work at Lydiadenworth.com